歷代志下 31

1 這事既都完畢，在那裏的以色列眾人就到猶大的城邑，打碎柱像，砍斷木偶，又在猶大、便雅憫、以法蓮、瑪拿西遍地將邱壇和祭壇拆毀淨盡。於是以色列眾人各回各城，各歸各地。

Now when all this was finished, all the people of Israel who were there went out to the cities of Judah and broke to pieces the stone pillars and they cut down the Asherah poles, and they broke down the high places and the altars in all of Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned, every one to his own possession and his own city.

2 希西家派定祭司利未人的班次，各按各職獻燔祭和平安祭，又在耶和華殿門內事奉，稱謝頌讚耶和華。

Hezekiah assigned the divisions of the priests and the Levites organized by their divisions, each man assigned to his work, both the priests and the Levites. He assigned them to make the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise at the gates of Yahweh's temple.

3 王又從自己的產業中定出分來為燔祭，就是早晚的燔祭和安息日、月朔，並節期的燔祭，都是按耶和華律法上所載的；

He also assigned the king's portion for the burnt offerings from his own possessions, that is, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbath days, the new moons, and the fixed festivals, as it was written in the law of Yahweh.

4 又吩咐住耶路撒冷的百姓將祭司、利未人所應得的分給他們，使他們專心遵守耶和華的律法。

Moreover, he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion for the priests and the Levites, so that they might concentrate on obeying the law of Yahweh.

5 諭旨一出，以色列人就把初熟的五穀、新酒、油、蜜，和田地的出產多多送來，又把各物的十分之一送來的極多。

As soon as the command was sent out, the people of Israel generously gave the firstfruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and from all their harvest of the field. They brought in a tithe of everything, which was a great quantity.

6 住猶大各城的以色列人和猶大人也將牛羊的十分之一，並分別為聖歸耶和華－他們上帝之物，就是十分取一之物，盡都送來，積成堆壘；

The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of the holy things that were set apart to Yahweh their God, and they piled them up in heaps.

7 從三月積起，到七月才完。

It was in the third month when they began piling up their contribution in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

8 希西家和眾首領來，看見堆壘，就稱頌耶和華，又為耶和華的民以色列人祝福。

When Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel.

9 希西家向祭司、利未人查問這堆壘。

Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

10 撒督家的大祭司亞撒利雅回答說：「自從民將供物送到耶和華殿以來，我們不但吃飽，且剩下的甚多；因為耶和華賜福給他的民，所剩下的才這樣豐盛。」

Azariah, the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people. What was left over is this large amount here.”

11 希西家吩咐在耶和華殿裏預備倉房，他們就預備了。

Then Hezekiah commanded storerooms to be prepared in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them.

12 他們誠心將供物和十分取一之物，並分別為聖之物，都搬入倉內。利未人歌楠雅掌管這事，他兄弟示每為副管。

Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes and the things that belonged to Yahweh. Konaniah the Levite was the manager in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second to him.

13 耶歇、亞撒細雅、拿哈、亞撒黑、耶利末、約撒拔、以列、伊斯瑪基雅、瑪哈、比拿雅都是督理，在歌楠雅和他兄弟示每的手下，是希西家王和管理上帝殿的亞撒利雅所派的。

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were managers under the hand of Konaniah and Shimei his brother, by appointment of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the official over the house of God.

14 守東門的利未人音拿的兒子可利，掌管樂意獻與上帝的禮物，發放獻與耶和華的供物和至聖的物。

Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, in charge of distributing the offerings to Yahweh and the most holy offerings.

15 在他手下有伊甸、詿雅詿、耶書亞、示瑪雅、亞瑪利雅、示迦尼雅，在祭司的各城裏供緊要的職任，無論弟兄大小，都按着班次分給他們。

Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests. They filled offices of trust, in order to give these offerings to their brothers division by division, to both the important and the unimportant.

16 按家譜，三歲以外的男丁，凡每日進耶和華殿、按班次供職的，也分給他；

They also gave to those males three years old and up, who were listed in the records of their ancestors who entered the house of Yahweh, as required by the daily schedule, to do the work in their offices and their divisions.

17 又按宗族家譜分給祭司，按班次職任分給二十歲以外的利未人，

They distributed to the priests according to the records of their ancestors, and the same to the Levites twenty years old and more, according to their offices and their divisions.

18 又按家譜計算，分給他們會中的妻子、兒女；因他們身供要職，自潔成聖。

They included all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through the whole community, for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy.

19 按名派定的人要把應得的分給亞倫子孫，住在各城郊野、祭司所有的男丁和一切載入家譜的利未人。

For the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who were in the fields of the villages belonging to their cities, or in every city, there were men assigned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed in the records of their ancestors as being among the Levites.

20 希西家在猶大遍地這樣辦理，行耶和華－他上帝眼中看為善為正為忠的事。

Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He accomplished what was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh, his God.

21 凡他所行的，無論是辦上帝殿的事，是遵律法守誡命，是尋求他的上帝，都是盡心去行，無不亨通。

In every project that he began in the service of the house of God, the law, and the commandments, to seek his God, he performed it with all his heart, and he succeeded.